State Senate: | Oklahoma |
District: | 6th |
Term Start: | November 16, 1907 |
Term End: | November 16, 1910 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Richard Billups was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party member of the Oklahoma Senate representing the 6th district from 1907 to 1910.[1]
He is remembered for chairing the 1st Oklahoma Legislature Senate Prohibition Committee and pushing through "Billups Booze Bill," a bill to prohibit the manufacture, transportation, and possession of liquor. William H. Murray pushed for the inclusion of an exception for medical and scientific purposes.[2] He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 1914.[3]